Courtney Love

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"Sid and Nancy," 1986 Before there was Kurt and Courtney, there was another reigning couple of rock self-destruction: the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, whose volatile relationship was immortalized in this 1986 Alex Cox film. Love auditioned for the role of Nancy, proclaiming on a self-made video, "I am Nancy." Cox gave the part to Chloe Webb but wrote a small part for Love in the film. Love later played Larry Flynt's stripper-turned-wife, Althea, in "The People vs. Larry Flynt," a biopic about Flynt's rise to porn royalty and his legal battle against evangelist Jerry Falwell.

"Sid and Nancy," 1986 Before there was Kurt and Courtney, there was another reigning couple of rock self-destruction: the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, whose volatile relationship was immortalized in this 1986 Alex Cox film. Love auditioned for the role of Nancy, proclaiming on a self-made video, "I am Nancy." Cox gave the part to Chloe Webb but wrote a small part for Love in the film. Love later played Larry Flynt's stripper-turned-wife, Althea, in "The People vs. Larry Flynt," a biopic about Flynt's rise to porn royalty and his legal battle against evangelist Jerry Falwell. (Joel Zwink / For The Times)

"Sid and Nancy," 1986 Before there was Kurt and Courtney, there was another reigning couple of rock self-destruction: the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, whose volatile relationship was immortalized in this 1986 Alex Cox film. Love auditioned for the role of Nancy, proclaiming on a self-made video, "I am Nancy." Cox gave the part to Chloe Webb but wrote a small part for Love in the film. Love later played Larry Flynt's stripper-turned-wife, Althea, in "The People vs. Larry Flynt," a biopic about Flynt's rise to porn royalty and his legal battle against evangelist Jerry Falwell.